Until they squeezed into a booth at the Cheesecake Factory last fall, the only place Nick Ross and James Frazier had ever met was in the UA's track and field media guide.

Separated by a few inches in a restaurant and by 31 years in the record book, Ross and Frazier share the school's indoor high jump record at 7 feet 4 3/4 inches.

The purpose of their introduction wasn't to talk about high-jumping records - Frazier's 1980 outdoor leap of 7-6 remains one of the UA's most elusive records in any sport - but to help Noel Frazier, James' 17-year-old son, a senior at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., decide if he wants to become an Arizona Wildcat and join the pursuit of his father's record.